# NTSB Accident DEN07FA158
> **Evektor-Aerotechnik a.s. SportStar** · 2007-09-15 · Erie, CO, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN07FA158
- **Event ID:** 20070918X01410
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2007-09-15
- **Location:** Erie, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.000556, -105.034721
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Evektor-Aerotechnik a.s.
- **Model:** SportStar
- **Registration:** N616EV
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed during takeoff-initial climb to avoid a stall/spin. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate preflight planning, his failure to calculate the airplane's weight and balance, the high density altitude, inadequate information for preflight planning provided by the manufacturer, and the insufficient standards for Pilot Operating Handbook information required by the ASTM consensus standards.

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